New to Investing and BP!

[Kyle DeSimone]

Hello, 

My name is Kyle DeSimone, I am new here and have just been educating myself for about half a year... Needless to say all of this is very exciting and I am looking forward to getting my feet wet.

Currently, my wife Kellie and I own a place in Manchester NH, with our 85lb Yellow Lab, Nitro. I work in beer industry and she works for parks and rec in a nearby town. She is also going for her real estate license. We love to snowboard, camp, hike, kayak, SUP, and ride our motorcycles!

We are partnering with another couple to for a business together and hopefully try and retire early and have time for our family (they have a 2 yr old son). 

My goal is to keep my job and she wants to transition out of hers when we start having kids. This was a perfect way to do it and potentially let me stay where I am until I don't need my income anymore. We want to travel, maybe buy a sprinter adventure van or a tiny house in the white mountains, or maybe invest in a few AIRBNB's down the road near ski areas to keep up our adventurous lifestyle (this one is more selfish but tourism in New England is great and steady).

We look forward to to being regular on the forums and look forward to meeting and interacting with all the fine folks on BP. We all feel like a deer in the headlights at the moment but it is great to know there's a community here and resources available should we ever need them. 

We look forward to meeting all of you!

-Kyle and Kellie DeSimone, and the McKenzies

[Justin Windham]

@Kyle DeSimone

Welcome to Bigger Pockets!

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